Zhuang Huiliang: U.S. Priority VS Taiwan interests

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Taiwan ’s U.S. State Council’ s Second Qing Krachi led a group to visit on Thursday evening, and 8shy; the month of the air force C-40B administrative plane with the US flag with a tail paint came to Taiwan, the US Minister of Health and Public Service, AzaCompared with Alex Azar, Ceralians landed low -key and landed at Songshan Airport in Taipei.

At the end of August, Taiwan and the United States all declared that Ceralians were going to Taiwan to host Taiwan -US economy and business dialogue, but 9shy; the media previewed Crald to visit Taiwan from 17th to 19th in the early days of the month.He wanted to participate in the farewell to the late president Lee Teng -hui. Taiwan's renamed Taiwan -US economic and commercial dialogue involved a wide range of levels and was still preparing.Some of the public strokes of Krachi were changed to closed doors.

As the highest -level official of the United States since 1979, Claric's trip broke the norms of the United States and Taiwan since the Clinton era, and it was also a breakthrough in the Taiwan Travel Law.However, for the big gap above, the public here is clouding, or that Krachi is in charge of economy and energy, which is not responsible for the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) responsible for economic and trade negotiations.Angered the United States, or it may be caused by a series of dense military exercises of the Communist Party of China.

In view of Azar's hope of getting a crown disease from the United States from the United States, it is necessary to import the beautiful pig cow (commonly referred to as lean meat) (commonly referred to as Lai pigs), which is imported from the United States.I don't know what to come again this time?

Taiwan originally believed that it was forced to swallow the bilateral trade agreement (BTA) or the trade and investment structure agreement (TIFA), but the ASTR, who was actually responsible for negotiation, could not read it so far.Scholars who are familiar with economic and trade negotiations point out that even if Krachi really came to talk about BTA and use the U.S. priority of the Trump administration in the past with bilateral negotiations with countries around the world. Last year, Taiwan alone had a trade surplus of $ 11.4 billion (S $ 15.5 billion) in the United States.Taiwan must first list the purchase list or make some concessions.

Lin Bofeng, the chairman of the Industry and Commerce Association, who was originally invited by the United States Association in Taiwan (AIT) and later canceled, bluntly stated that the higher the U.S. level coming to Taiwan will not necessarily benefit from Taiwan. The more required, the minimum cost.According to his understanding, the United States may talk about the supply chain this time, but he believes that Taiwan cannot take all the interests of the United States. It is recommended that Taiwan's interests should be given priority.

Taiwan, which has long been the head of the United States, may wish to think about it. There are still more than 160 countries including the European Union and mainland China, including the EU and mainland China.Even in South Korea and Japan who agreed to import Laiga, it was replaced by conditions such as reducing car tariffs in trade negotiations.

In 2012, the Kuomintang's Ma Ying -jeou government wanted to open the Lai pig. Yang Zhiliang, the director of the Kuomintang legislators and the Ministry of Health (predecessor of the Fusheng Welfare Department), which was governed at the time, and resolutely opposed to the wild Democratic Progressive Party to a beef and pig separation.Today, the Cai Yingwen government and the DPP legislators almost support imported Lai pigs, and they also laugh at the Kuomintang, saying that the DPP has a black face to block the pigs.

Some scholars told the author that the DPP should mobilize 1450 (known as online army) to oppose Lai Zhu and show how hard and sacrificing the government; the government has a white face, and some people have to make black faces to bargain with the United States.The same pro -American South Korea was later removed from steel and aluminum tax, but the United States still has the Taiwan steel and aluminum tax. Why should it be forced?

Moreover, the Tsai Ing -wen government has purchased up to NT $ 400 billion (S $ 18.6 billion) since 2016. Recently, foreign media have disclosed that the United States is approving seven weapons to make Taiwan into a fortress, making Taiwan like hedgehogs.

For its own safety, military purchase is unavoidable; but for fear of being unified by mainland China, Taiwan chose to fall into the United States, and weapons are often bought more expensive than other countries.May wish to think about it, the United States does not use Taiwan as the front line against the mainland. Why do you have to obey the United States?

What's more, the Tsai government promoted the new southbound to reduce its dependence on the mainland. As a result, Taiwan's annual surplus on the mainland was 120 billion US dollars, and the dependence increased from 40 % to 46 %.This is the law of the market economy. It is not easy for Taiwanese businessmen and the mainland.

As for this time, what price will Taiwan pay for Claric's visit?The answer will be announced soon.